At a time when theatrical is looking to distinguish itself with more prolific fare than the factory conveyor belt of humdrum product coming from streaming, it’s with great upset to hear that Lionsgate’s feature adaptation of Judy Blume’s pinnacle 1970 novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret fell greatly short at the box office with a $6.8M opening; below both the $7M-$9M that the studio was seeing, and the more bullish $10M+ that rivals spotted.
Figuring out what went wrong here with Judy Blume’s first big screen Hollywood foray, which won over critics (99% certified fresh) and the few who bought tickets (A CinemaScore), has less to do with the commercial potential of the pic’s genre –movies based on female-skewing bestselling novels– and more to do with...
Figuring out what went wrong here with Judy Blume’s first big screen Hollywood foray, which won over critics (99% certified fresh) and the few who bought tickets (A CinemaScore), has less to do with the commercial potential of the pic’s genre –movies based on female-skewing bestselling novels– and more to do with...
- 5/1/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Judy Blume is one of the most popular and influential authors of children's and young adult fiction in the modern age of literature, but her relationship with the larger media world has been complicated. "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" might just be her most famous work, though it's remarkably taken more than 50 years for a proper screen adaptation -- perhaps because of the long, frustrating history of Blume's relationship with Hollywood producers. However, a meeting with producer James L. Brooks and director Kelly Fremon Craig convinced her to finally sell the rights to her beloved coming-of-age novel, even after Brooks warned her of the dangers of the Hollywood system.
Blume frequently covers topics related to sexuality, identity, and all the awkward bodily changes that come with puberty, but the outrage and frequent threats of censorship from conservative critics weren't enough to shatter her best-selling author status. Her popularity,...
Blume frequently covers topics related to sexuality, identity, and all the awkward bodily changes that come with puberty, but the outrage and frequent threats of censorship from conservative critics weren't enough to shatter her best-selling author status. Her popularity,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
Judy Blume in Judy Blume ForeverPhoto: Prime Video
It seems a little bizarre to talk about how great it is to see Judy Blume back in the public eye again. For some of us she never left. Her books have remained in our hearts and on our shelves, passed down to our kids,...
It seems a little bizarre to talk about how great it is to see Judy Blume back in the public eye again. For some of us she never left. Her books have remained in our hearts and on our shelves, passed down to our kids,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
It’s an oft-repeated story: if you write to author Judy Blume, she just might write back.
It was a story I heard during a small lunch held before an early New York City screening of Kelly Fremon Craig’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” in January, when a fellow writer causally mentioned that the pair had been penpals for years. I heard it again, just days later, while watching Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok’s documentary “Judy Blume Forever,” which includes numerous talking heads who wrote to Blume when they were kids and maintain that relationship to this day.
And, months later, I heard it one more time: when filmmaker Fremon Craig explained to me how she managed to get Blume on board with her big screen adaptation of her iconic YA novel “Margaret.” She wrote to her.
While Blume has never been shy about allowing her...
It was a story I heard during a small lunch held before an early New York City screening of Kelly Fremon Craig’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” in January, when a fellow writer causally mentioned that the pair had been penpals for years. I heard it again, just days later, while watching Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok’s documentary “Judy Blume Forever,” which includes numerous talking heads who wrote to Blume when they were kids and maintain that relationship to this day.
And, months later, I heard it one more time: when filmmaker Fremon Craig explained to me how she managed to get Blume on board with her big screen adaptation of her iconic YA novel “Margaret.” She wrote to her.
While Blume has never been shy about allowing her...
- 4/26/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It’s not just you: 2023 is the year of Judy Blume. The iconic author has seen on-screen adaptations dating back to a “Forever” 1978 TV movie, the 2012 big-screen take on “Tiger Eyes,” even a ’90s-era TV series, “Fudge-a-Mania,” and now she has a documentary and a feature released within days of each other. She’s seemingly, suddenly everywhere — and thank goodness for that because, we need her now more than ever.
The Blume book you know (and love) best — the titillating “Forever”? the wacky “Fudge” series? the aching “Deenie”? — is more than a litmus test for your young-adult literary obsessions; it can also hold hints as to what you’ve held on to, even as an adult. However, we’ll hazard a guess that “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is her most enduring book, if only because, tucked inside its wonderfully specific story about a pre-teen girl eagerly anticipating...
The Blume book you know (and love) best — the titillating “Forever”? the wacky “Fudge” series? the aching “Deenie”? — is more than a litmus test for your young-adult literary obsessions; it can also hold hints as to what you’ve held on to, even as an adult. However, we’ll hazard a guess that “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is her most enduring book, if only because, tucked inside its wonderfully specific story about a pre-teen girl eagerly anticipating...
- 4/20/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Children’s and young adult literary juggernaut Judy Blume will be the subject of an untitled feature documentary from Amazon Prime Video and Imagine Documentaries, Variety has learned exclusively.
Framed as a coming-of-age tale of Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work, the film will cover 50 years and many of her bestselling titles including, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” “Blubber,” “Superfudge,” “Tiger Eyes,” “Wifey,” “Forever…,” “Summer Sisters” and more. It will also examine her impact on pop culture at large, and the occasional controversies over Blume’s frankness about puberty and sex. In total, her 29 books have sold more than 90 million copies and have been printed in 32 languages.
Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, the team behind the Emmy-winning doc “Semi Serious,” will direct and produce the project with Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes and Marcella Steingart of Imagine’s documentary unit. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will executive produce.
Framed as a coming-of-age tale of Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work, the film will cover 50 years and many of her bestselling titles including, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” “Blubber,” “Superfudge,” “Tiger Eyes,” “Wifey,” “Forever…,” “Summer Sisters” and more. It will also examine her impact on pop culture at large, and the occasional controversies over Blume’s frankness about puberty and sex. In total, her 29 books have sold more than 90 million copies and have been printed in 32 languages.
Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, the team behind the Emmy-winning doc “Semi Serious,” will direct and produce the project with Sara Bernstein, Justin Wilkes and Marcella Steingart of Imagine’s documentary unit. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will executive produce.
- 3/16/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
A nail-biting, action-packed, sci-fi adventure for the entire family, Portal Runner begins streaming and is available On Demand Dec. 10 from Terror Films. Here’s the trailer:
Portal Runner can be seen worldwide on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Kings of Horror, TubiTV, Roku, Film Freaks, Microsoft Movies & TV and Jungo+.
Starring Elise Eberle (Mae), Shameless, Salem, The Last Tycoon, Tiger Eyes, Lemonade Mouth, The Astronaut Farmer; Sloane Morgan Siegel (Nolan), Dwight in Shining Armor, The Call, Gortimer Gibbon‘s Life on Normal Street, Partners and as the voice of Time Drake/Robin in the Gotham Knights video game; Carol Roscoe (Mom/Klara), Language Arts, If There’s a Hell Below, West of Redemption, The Dark Horse and Joanna in The Gamers trilogy; and Brian S. Lewis (Uncle Boon), The Gamers series, Dwight in Shining Armor, JourneyQuest.
Portal Runner was directed by Cornelia Duryée (Language Arts, West of Redemption, The Dark Horse,...
Portal Runner can be seen worldwide on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Kings of Horror, TubiTV, Roku, Film Freaks, Microsoft Movies & TV and Jungo+.
Starring Elise Eberle (Mae), Shameless, Salem, The Last Tycoon, Tiger Eyes, Lemonade Mouth, The Astronaut Farmer; Sloane Morgan Siegel (Nolan), Dwight in Shining Armor, The Call, Gortimer Gibbon‘s Life on Normal Street, Partners and as the voice of Time Drake/Robin in the Gotham Knights video game; Carol Roscoe (Mom/Klara), Language Arts, If There’s a Hell Below, West of Redemption, The Dark Horse and Joanna in The Gamers trilogy; and Brian S. Lewis (Uncle Boon), The Gamers series, Dwight in Shining Armor, JourneyQuest.
Portal Runner was directed by Cornelia Duryée (Language Arts, West of Redemption, The Dark Horse,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rachel McAdams and Abby Ryder Fortson have been cast in “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” an adaptation of Judy Blume’s beloved coming-of-age book.
Fortson will play Margaret Simon, a sixth-grade girl who is going through puberty and searches the universe for any answers she can find. McAdams is portraying Margaret’s mother, Barbara.
The movie, set up at Lionsgate, will be written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. It’s expected to begin production in April.
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” was first published in 1970 and remains hugely popular among young, budding readers. Blume has long been opposed to screen adaptations of her seminal work, a notable list that includes “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” “Blubber,” “Forever” and “Tiger Eyes.” However, the upcoming version of “Are You There God?” — especially the casting — comes with Blume’s blessing.
“Abby is funny and tender, strong yet vulnerable.
Fortson will play Margaret Simon, a sixth-grade girl who is going through puberty and searches the universe for any answers she can find. McAdams is portraying Margaret’s mother, Barbara.
The movie, set up at Lionsgate, will be written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. It’s expected to begin production in April.
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” was first published in 1970 and remains hugely popular among young, budding readers. Blume has long been opposed to screen adaptations of her seminal work, a notable list that includes “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing,” “Blubber,” “Forever” and “Tiger Eyes.” However, the upcoming version of “Are You There God?” — especially the casting — comes with Blume’s blessing.
“Abby is funny and tender, strong yet vulnerable.
- 2/19/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix giveth, and Netflix taketh away.
"Blade Runner: The Theatrical Cut" was just added to Netflix streaming, but now it's facing a harsh expiration date of May 16. (We'll be up on the roof, holding a dove and crying.)
And dude! So bogus: Unless you have a time machine, you only have until May 1st to stream "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989).
Also leaving in May 2016: "Election," "Clerks," and "Black Hawk Dawn" as well as classic Marilyn Monroe movie "Bus Stop."
Here are all the movies and TV series leaving Netflix in May 2016. As always, all titles and dates are subject to change.
Leaving May 1
"The Animatrix" (2003)
"Anna Karenina" (1948)
"Author! Author!" (1982)
"Beware of Mr. Baker" (2012)
"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989)
"Broadway Idiot" (2013)
"Bus Stop" (1956)
"Election" (1999)
"The Good Life" (2012)
"Holiday Engagement" (2011)
"Kiss of Death" (1995)
"Mad Hot Ballroom" (2005)
"Mona Lisa Is Missing" (2012)
"Ralphie May: Austin-tatious" (2008)
"Terms And Conditions May Apply" (2013)
"That's What I Am...
"Blade Runner: The Theatrical Cut" was just added to Netflix streaming, but now it's facing a harsh expiration date of May 16. (We'll be up on the roof, holding a dove and crying.)
And dude! So bogus: Unless you have a time machine, you only have until May 1st to stream "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989).
Also leaving in May 2016: "Election," "Clerks," and "Black Hawk Dawn" as well as classic Marilyn Monroe movie "Bus Stop."
Here are all the movies and TV series leaving Netflix in May 2016. As always, all titles and dates are subject to change.
Leaving May 1
"The Animatrix" (2003)
"Anna Karenina" (1948)
"Author! Author!" (1982)
"Beware of Mr. Baker" (2012)
"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989)
"Broadway Idiot" (2013)
"Bus Stop" (1956)
"Election" (1999)
"The Good Life" (2012)
"Holiday Engagement" (2011)
"Kiss of Death" (1995)
"Mad Hot Ballroom" (2005)
"Mona Lisa Is Missing" (2012)
"Ralphie May: Austin-tatious" (2008)
"Terms And Conditions May Apply" (2013)
"That's What I Am...
- 4/22/2016
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Even if you're not a big reader of young adult fiction, you may have seen the advertisements for the new Chloë Grace Moretz movie The 5th Wave and suspected that it looks like the kind of movie that was adapted from a Ya franchise. All the elements are there: a post-apocalyptic dystopia, a winsome female protagonist who stands up to become the world's champion, an imperiled younger sibling and the winning combination of light science fiction and teenaged angst. The 5th Wave is the first in a trilogy of books by Rick Yancey about a group of underage rebels fighting off an alien invasion.
- 1/22/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Even if you're not a big reader of young adult fiction, you may have seen the advertisements for the new Chloë Grace Moretz movie The 5th Wave and suspected that it looks like the kind of movie that was adapted from a Ya franchise. All the elements are there: a post-apocalyptic dystopia, a winsome female protagonist who stands up to become the world's champion, an imperiled younger sibling and the winning combination of light science fiction and teenaged angst. The 5th Wave is the first in a trilogy of books by Rick Yancey about a group of underage rebels fighting off an alien invasion.
- 1/22/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
To mark the release of Arrow Season 2 on DVD and Blu-ray 22nd September, we’ve been given a Kindle Fire HD (as seen here) to give away to one lucky HeyUGuys reader. Two runners-up will also receive the series on DVD.
Arrow Season 2 is the epic sci-fi serial drama that breeds a whole new level of superhero. The crime fighting masked vigilante with a bow and arrow returns to Starling City as Arrow : Season 2 aims and shoots to Blu-ray and DVD on 15 September from Warner Home Entertainment.
Season 2 boasts an all star young Hollywood cast including; Stephen Amell (The Flash, New Girl) as leading man Oliver Queen and the masked Arrow man; Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl, Monte Carlo, A Nightmare on Elm Street) as Laurel Lance the attorney and former girlfriend of Oliver Queen; David Ramsey (Blue Bloods, The Defenders, Outlaw) as John Diggle, Oliver’s partner, confidant and bodyguard; Willa Holland (Tiger Eyes,...
Arrow Season 2 is the epic sci-fi serial drama that breeds a whole new level of superhero. The crime fighting masked vigilante with a bow and arrow returns to Starling City as Arrow : Season 2 aims and shoots to Blu-ray and DVD on 15 September from Warner Home Entertainment.
Season 2 boasts an all star young Hollywood cast including; Stephen Amell (The Flash, New Girl) as leading man Oliver Queen and the masked Arrow man; Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl, Monte Carlo, A Nightmare on Elm Street) as Laurel Lance the attorney and former girlfriend of Oliver Queen; David Ramsey (Blue Bloods, The Defenders, Outlaw) as John Diggle, Oliver’s partner, confidant and bodyguard; Willa Holland (Tiger Eyes,...
- 9/7/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"The Act of Killing"
What's It About? In director Joshua Oppenheimer's compelling, disturbing documentary, Indonesian gangsters like Anwar Congo recreate their crimes against humanity in the style of the movies they love. Besides the horrific actions they committed in the '60s as part of Indonesia's Pancasila Youth, what's particularly shocking is their crimes are completely open knowledge, and even celebrated in Indonesia.
Why We're In: "The Act of Killing" is short-listed for the Oscars, but it's definitely not for the squeamish.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Throne of Blood (Criterion)"
What's It About? Kurosawa's take on "Macbeth" takes place in feudal Japan, and stars the legendary Toshiro Mifune as an ambitious warrior looking to take over Spider's Web Castle. Isuzu Yamada appears as his Lady Macbeth-style wife.
Why We're In: Like all Criterion releases, this is jam-packed with extras, like two...
"The Act of Killing"
What's It About? In director Joshua Oppenheimer's compelling, disturbing documentary, Indonesian gangsters like Anwar Congo recreate their crimes against humanity in the style of the movies they love. Besides the horrific actions they committed in the '60s as part of Indonesia's Pancasila Youth, what's particularly shocking is their crimes are completely open knowledge, and even celebrated in Indonesia.
Why We're In: "The Act of Killing" is short-listed for the Oscars, but it's definitely not for the squeamish.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"Throne of Blood (Criterion)"
What's It About? Kurosawa's take on "Macbeth" takes place in feudal Japan, and stars the legendary Toshiro Mifune as an ambitious warrior looking to take over Spider's Web Castle. Isuzu Yamada appears as his Lady Macbeth-style wife.
Why We're In: Like all Criterion releases, this is jam-packed with extras, like two...
- 1/7/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
Elise Eberle (Tiger Eyes) has been cast as a regular in Wgn America’s drama series Salem. Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, it explores what really fueled the town’s infamous witch trials and centers on Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery), the beautiful, ruthless but vulnerable wife of an ancient, ailing but very wealthy Salem town Selectman. Eberle, repped by Abrams Artists and managers Margrit Polak & Micki Caruso, will play Mercy Lewis, Reverend Lewis’ powerful and vulnerable daughter who is believed to be possessed. Greer Grammer, who has recurred on the first three seasons of MTV’s flagship comedy series Awkward as Lissa, a naïve but sweet member of Sadie’s (Molly Tarlov) posse, has been upped to series regular for Season 4. Greer, repped by Apa, Strategic Talent Group and Lev Ginsburg, will next be seen in the dark comedy feature Chastity Bites.
- 11/6/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Here at EW, we’re reminiscing about the pop culture moments that we still can’t get over — no matter how much time has passed.
Fact #1: A great book you read as a kid will always affect you more deeply than a great book read at any other age.
Fact #2: Katherine Paterson’s Newbery Award-winning Bridge to Terabithia happens to be one of the greatest, saddest, most unforgettable children’s books ever written.
Fact #3: During a summer when Jeff Bridges’ long-in-the-works adaptation of The Giver actually seems to be gaining traction and theaters are finally showing a...
Fact #1: A great book you read as a kid will always affect you more deeply than a great book read at any other age.
Fact #2: Katherine Paterson’s Newbery Award-winning Bridge to Terabithia happens to be one of the greatest, saddest, most unforgettable children’s books ever written.
Fact #3: During a summer when Jeff Bridges’ long-in-the-works adaptation of The Giver actually seems to be gaining traction and theaters are finally showing a...
- 7/1/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Judy Blume fans, hold onto your hats. To celebrate the release of the film Tiger Eyes, directed by her son, Larry, and based on her 1981 coming-of-age novel, People.com teamed with the legendary author for a live chat. Got a favorite Blume book? The author of Superfudge, Blubber, Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret dished with readers on all her classic novels as well as the upcoming film. So get ready to wax nostalgic! Click below to read Wednesday's discussion. And for more on Blume, pick up the latest copy of People magazine, on newsstands FridayJudy Blume Chat...
- 6/12/2013
- PEOPLE.com
Judy Blume's first novel, The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969, yet it's only now, 44 years later, that the first big-screen adaptation of her work—Tiger Eyes, based on 1981's novel of the same name—finally opens in theaters. This is a disgrace. One can imagine many reasons for such insanity. However, there's one explanation that simply can't be ignored: Hollywood's continuing disinterest in serious portraits of young femininity, an issue that's not confined to just film (see also, at your peril, teen-related TV). For an author of Blume's stature, success, and humanity to have never before seen one of her work translated to the screen is a damning commentary on American cinema—especially considering that, as s...
- 6/11/2013
- Village Voice
Treating teenage growing pains with a sensitivity that frequently trips into singer-songwriter-ish mushiness, Tiger Eyes nonetheless stands as a respectable first cinematic adaptation of a Judy Blume novel. Directed and co-written by her son, Lawrence, Blume's tale follows 15-year-old Davey (Willa Holland) as she relocates, in the wake of her father's murder, from Atlantic City to New Mexico with her grieving-mess mother (Amy Jo Johnson) and younger brother in order to live with a pushy aunt (Cynthia Stevenson) and judgmental uncle (Forrest Fyre). Struggling to fit in at school, Davey finds solace climbing in the mountains with Native American hunk Wolf (Tatanka Means), whose father is the dying patient whom Davey befriends while volunteering at the local hospital, and who teach...
- 6/7/2013
- Village Voice
There has never been a feature film made from a Judy Blume book.
That crazy fact is about to change, as "Tiger Eyes," based on Blume's 1981 book of the same name is set to open Friday (June 7) in theaters and simultaneously on DirecTV, On-Demand and iTunes.
It's not just the book's author involved in the film adaptation either -- Blume's son, Lawrence Blume, wrote the screenplay and is a producer. Her husband, George Cooper, is the executive producer of the independent feature.
"Tiger Eyes" centers on a teenage girl named Davey (played in the film by Willa Holland of "Arrow" and "Gossip Girl"). After her father is murdered in New Jersey, Davey's family moves to Los Alamos, New Mexico to start over. Lawrence Blume told Reuters that the story is loosely based on his own teenage years. Judy divorced her first husband at the time and moved with her two teenagers to New Mexico.
That crazy fact is about to change, as "Tiger Eyes," based on Blume's 1981 book of the same name is set to open Friday (June 7) in theaters and simultaneously on DirecTV, On-Demand and iTunes.
It's not just the book's author involved in the film adaptation either -- Blume's son, Lawrence Blume, wrote the screenplay and is a producer. Her husband, George Cooper, is the executive producer of the independent feature.
"Tiger Eyes" centers on a teenage girl named Davey (played in the film by Willa Holland of "Arrow" and "Gossip Girl"). After her father is murdered in New Jersey, Davey's family moves to Los Alamos, New Mexico to start over. Lawrence Blume told Reuters that the story is loosely based on his own teenage years. Judy divorced her first husband at the time and moved with her two teenagers to New Mexico.
- 6/6/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Multigenerational female fans may enthuse over a feature version of Tiger Eyes -- a fairly standard coming-of-ager -- finally making it onscreen, although the uninitiated might wonder what the fuss is about. A concurrent VOD release should somewhat mitigate the uncertainties of limited theatrical distribution, which will necessitate enthusiastic word of mouth to achieve sustainable momentum. After her father is killed in a senseless robbery, 17-year-old Davey’s (Willa Holland) life spins even further out of control when her distraught mother (Amy Jo Johnson) decides to temporarily relocate the family from Atlantic City, NJ to Los Alamos, New
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- 6/6/2013
- by Justin Lowe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Judy Blume is one of the most popular young adult novelists of all time, which makes it something of a surprise that almost none of her works have been given the feature-length treatment. Discounting an ill-received 1991 TV adaptation of "Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great," no Blume novel has been turned into a movie until "Tiger Eyes," which opens this week. Directed by Blume's son Lawrence, this gentle drama based on Blume's 1981 novel works surprisingly well considering the numerous trappings of the material, while demonstrating exactly why it's so difficult to bring Blume's work to the screen. In premise alone, "Tiger Eyes" belongs to the strain of cheesy, sentimental stories of young people dealing with death and the usual pains of growing up. The movie treads plenty of familiar ground in that regard, but in context, it's a lot more effective that one might expect. Blume's novels deal with coming...
- 6/5/2013
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Title: Tiger Eyes Freestyle Releasing Director: Lawrence Blume Screenwriter: Judy Blume, Lawrence Blume from Judy Blume’s novel Cast: Willa Holland, Army Jo Johnson, Tatanka means, Elise Eberle, Cynthia Stevenson, Lucien Dale, Forrest Fyre, Russell Means Screened at: Dolby88, NYC, 5/20/13 Opens: June 7, 2013 When I was in junior high school, our English teachers would hand out lists of recommended summer reading, warning that some of these books would appear after vacation for our pleasure. The lists were divided in half: one half for boys and the other for girls. Maybe “Little Women” for the fair sex and “Johnny Tremain” for the guys. The assumption was that the twain of [ Read More ]
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- 6/2/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Even though the horizon of cinema.s future is dotted with highly fantastical young adult novel adaptations like The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Maze Runner, there is more than enough room in film for children who don.t spend their novelized lives within dystopian worlds sharing space with mythological creatures. If Judy Blume can finally get the Tiger Eyes adaptation she.d been waiting for, then let.s open the floodgates for more humanized Ya fare. Deadline reports Lionsgate is doing just that by hiring English screenwriter Jack Thorne to adapt the critically adored Wonder, the heart-unraveling debut from author Raquel Jaramillo, under the pseudonym R.J. Palacio. Though the only produced script Thorne has written was 2009.s The Scouting Book for Boys, he.s been all over British television, writing several episodes of the teen drama Skins and the apocalyptic horror The Fades. He also created the ...
- 5/9/2013
- cinemablend.com
Playing the little sister to a TV show's main character can relegate you to episode-ending scenes that consist of hearing about how amazing the lead's day was -- but in the case of Thea Queen, and Willa Holland, Arrow has injected her right into the action ... although, that could potentially seal her fate in the all-bets-off season finale.
At least that's the sense I got from, first, The CW's finale synopsis, and then my interview with Holland, who readily admits fans won't know which way is up for the entire episode. Not only does she serve up a mean tease, but Willa got real about her TV history and her upcoming feature film, Tiger Eyes, the first Judy Blume book to ever be adapted for cinema!
ETonline: I loved watching the show slowly evolve into an ensemble this season -- was that the plan all along?
Willa Holland: Originally, Katie [Cassidy...
At least that's the sense I got from, first, The CW's finale synopsis, and then my interview with Holland, who readily admits fans won't know which way is up for the entire episode. Not only does she serve up a mean tease, but Willa got real about her TV history and her upcoming feature film, Tiger Eyes, the first Judy Blume book to ever be adapted for cinema!
ETonline: I loved watching the show slowly evolve into an ensemble this season -- was that the plan all along?
Willa Holland: Originally, Katie [Cassidy...
- 5/8/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Every year, children and teenagers are let out of school with disposable income and Hollywood rushes to cater to them with the Summer Movie season. It's the most wonderful time of year for fans of the blockbuster and there will be no shortage this summer. Keep in mind, as with most of our calendars, that not all films have been issued ratings yet and some films may come up on this list that are eventually rated R or delayed.
May
Iron Man 3, May 3 -- The Avengers are over and business will have to return to normal for Iron Man... or will an ethnically ambiguous villain ruin that?
The Great Gatsby, May 10 --Sure to be on top of every teenagers' "watch instead of read summer movie list," F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale of a doomed romance will get another shot at the big screen.
Star Trek Into Darkness, May...
May
Iron Man 3, May 3 -- The Avengers are over and business will have to return to normal for Iron Man... or will an ethnically ambiguous villain ruin that?
The Great Gatsby, May 10 --Sure to be on top of every teenagers' "watch instead of read summer movie list," F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale of a doomed romance will get another shot at the big screen.
Star Trek Into Darkness, May...
- 5/8/2013
- by cole@kidspickflicks.com (Cole the Kid Critic)
- kidspickflicks
Fans will whoop to hear Tiger Eyes has been made into a film. For many she was the first writer to make sense of the world
Tiger Eyes, my favourite of Judy Blume's books, has been made into a film which finally has a Us release date. I'll leave a pause for a generation of women to leap whooping from their seats, and the rest of you can just look bemused and embarrassed, like a dog faced with strong emotion.
Tiger Eyes tells the story of Davey, a 15-year-old girl who has moved to New Mexico with her younger brother and her mother, following the violent death of her father. It is a book about anguish, and the paralysing effects of grief; it is a story of bad decisions made in the grips of bereavement and adolescence. The book opens with Davey borrowing a pair of her mother's shoes for the funeral,...
Tiger Eyes, my favourite of Judy Blume's books, has been made into a film which finally has a Us release date. I'll leave a pause for a generation of women to leap whooping from their seats, and the rest of you can just look bemused and embarrassed, like a dog faced with strong emotion.
Tiger Eyes tells the story of Davey, a 15-year-old girl who has moved to New Mexico with her younger brother and her mother, following the violent death of her father. It is a book about anguish, and the paralysing effects of grief; it is a story of bad decisions made in the grips of bereavement and adolescence. The book opens with Davey borrowing a pair of her mother's shoes for the funeral,...
- 5/5/2013
- by Morven Crumlish
- The Guardian - Film News
Tiger Eyes is the first film adaptation from the work of Judy Blume, loved by teen girls but hated by Us conservatives
For decades she has been a heroine to generations of young women who have used her bestselling books as guides through the perils of adolescence, even as her frank discussions of sexuality and puberty have outraged social conservatives.
But Judy Blume's legions of fans, who have bought books such as Forever, Blubber and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret in their millions, have so far been denied seeing her work translated to the big screen.
In an age when Hollywood will turn even a theme-park ride into a movie, the lack of films based on works by such a prolific and globally famous author has been an enduring mystery of the entertainment industry. However, Blume's time has finally come.
To the huge excitement of Blume's followers,...
For decades she has been a heroine to generations of young women who have used her bestselling books as guides through the perils of adolescence, even as her frank discussions of sexuality and puberty have outraged social conservatives.
But Judy Blume's legions of fans, who have bought books such as Forever, Blubber and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret in their millions, have so far been denied seeing her work translated to the big screen.
In an age when Hollywood will turn even a theme-park ride into a movie, the lack of films based on works by such a prolific and globally famous author has been an enduring mystery of the entertainment industry. However, Blume's time has finally come.
To the huge excitement of Blume's followers,...
- 5/4/2013
- by Paul Harris
- The Guardian - Film News
Marking the first big screen adaptation of novelist Judy Blume’s work, Tiger Eyes will finally be arriving in Us theatres and through VOD next month, having spent much of the past year on the festival circuit.
Directed and adapted by Blume’s own son, Lawrence Blume, the film sees the great Willa Holland (The O.C.) take the lead as the young Davey. And with its release date now just over a month away, the first trailer and the official poster have finally debuted online.
Tiger Eyes marks the first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author Judy Blume, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries.
Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father, the displaced Davey no longer knows who...
Directed and adapted by Blume’s own son, Lawrence Blume, the film sees the great Willa Holland (The O.C.) take the lead as the young Davey. And with its release date now just over a month away, the first trailer and the official poster have finally debuted online.
Tiger Eyes marks the first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author Judy Blume, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries.
Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father, the displaced Davey no longer knows who...
- 5/2/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
With the first trailer for Tiger Eyes, fans of Judy Blume are getting a peek at the first of the iconic author's characters to ever be brought to life on the big screen. Tiger Eyes marks the first major motion picture adaptation from Blume, starring Arrow’s Willa Holland. The story follows 17-year-old Davey, who is sent off to live in Los Alamos, New Mexico, with her grieving mother and brother after her father is murdered. Once there, she meets a young Native American named Wolf, who helps her learn to cope and move on after tragedy. Amy Jo
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- 5/1/2013
- by Sophie Schillaci
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tiger Eyes Trailer. Lawrence Blume‘s Tiger Eyes (2012) movie trailer stars Willa Holland, Amy Jo Johnson, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, and Cynthia Stevenson. Tiger Eyes‘ plot synopsis: based on Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume, “Forced by her grieving mother to move from her home in Atlantic City to the strange “atom bomb” [...]
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- 4/27/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Thanks to the success of the Harry Potter, Twilight and Hunger Games ' franchises, novels for young adults have been a very popular source of inspiration for Hollywood for the past decade or so. But remarkably, heralded Ya author Judy Blume, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries, has yet to have one of her many popular novels adapted into a feature film. It might have something to do with her work's lack of fantastical magic creatures. But Blume's time has come at last thanks to Tiger Eyes. As you might gather from the trailer above.courtesy of USA Today.the movie centers on Davey Wexler (Gossip Girl's Willa Holland), a 17-year-old girl who's reeling from the recent death of her father as well as a traumatizing move to a new town. Transported from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Los Alamos, New Mexico, Davey feels alone...
- 4/26/2013
- cinemablend.com
Ready to experience literally all the feels? Well, the long-awaited film adaptation of Judy Blume's "Tiger Eyes" is set for a June 7 theatrical and Video on Demand release, according to Entertainment Weekly, and the first positively gutting trailer for the movie has now been unveiled. Starring Will Holland, Amy Jo Johnson and Tatanka Means, the film follows a young woman named Davey as she struggles to cope with the violent death of her father while on a visit to relatives in New Mexico. "Tiger Eyes" was first released back in 1981, and it's taken almost thirty years for the novel to see cinematic life, but the wait was well worth it since it's Judy Blume's own son Lawrence Blume who penned the adaptive script and directed the feature. It's the first book of Blume's to be adapted, too, and she serves as a producer on it. Davey has never...
- 4/26/2013
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Judy Blume has been writing books since the 1960s. A lot of the books she's written could have made some good movies. A couple of my favorite books that I remember are Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing and Superfudge. After all these years, one of her books is finally getting the big screen treatment. Tiger Eyes is the first book from Blume's collection that has been made into a feature, and we have the first trailer for it!
The movie was directed and co-written by her son, Lawrence Blume, and it stars Willa Holland, Amy Jo Johnson, Cynthia Stevenson, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, and Russell Means. This actually looks like a solid adaptation of the story. Here's the synopsis...
Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father,...
The movie was directed and co-written by her son, Lawrence Blume, and it stars Willa Holland, Amy Jo Johnson, Cynthia Stevenson, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, and Russell Means. This actually looks like a solid adaptation of the story. Here's the synopsis...
Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father,...
- 4/26/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"Life is a good adventure." Oooh, this looks pretty good. Tashmoo Productions and Amber Entertainment have produced an independent adaptation of bestselling author Judy Blume's novel Tiger Eyes, starring young actress Willa Holland as Davey. The story tells of a coming-of-age romance about a girl who moves to New Mexico and befriends a Native American named Wolf, played by Tatanka Means. There are a few cheesy, and somewhat melodramatic moments, but the trailer gets better as it goes on, and actually shows what looks like a strong character piece. Whether you're familiar with the novel or not, give it a look below. Here's the first official trailer for Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes, in high def from Vimeo: After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Here Davey (Willa Holland) is befriended by a mysterious...
- 4/26/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Though they’ve sold zillions of copies, won praise from critics and librarians everywhere, and taught millions of kids about tough topics like sex and bullying, none of Judy Blume’s 20-odd novels has ever been made into a feature film — until now.
This summer, an adaptation of Blume’s 1981 Ya book Tiger Eyes will hit theaters and On Demand, bringing the celebrated author’s work to the big screen for the first time. The movie stars Arrow’s Willa Holland as Davey Wexler, a teen who moves from New Jersey to New Mexico after her convenience store owner father is shot to death.
This summer, an adaptation of Blume’s 1981 Ya book Tiger Eyes will hit theaters and On Demand, bringing the celebrated author’s work to the big screen for the first time. The movie stars Arrow’s Willa Holland as Davey Wexler, a teen who moves from New Jersey to New Mexico after her convenience store owner father is shot to death.
- 4/25/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside Movies
The trailer and poster for Lawrence Blume’s Tiger Eyes are here. Based on the best-selling novel by Judy Blume, the film marks the first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries. Check out the trailer and poster after the jump. Synopsis: Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father, the displaced Davey no longer knows who to be or how to fit in. Everything that once...
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- 4/25/2013
- by Vesna Sunrider
- Filmofilia
The trailer and poster for Judy Blume’s Tiger Eyes are here. Based on the best-selling novel by Judy Blume, the film features Willa Holland, Amy Jo Johnson, Cynthia Stevenson, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle and Russell Means.
Tiger Eyes marks the first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries.
Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father, the displaced Davey no longer knows who to be or how to fit in. Everything that once mattered suddenly seems insignificant. But when she meets Wolf, a mysterious young Native-American, while exploring the surrounding canyons, she feels he is able to see past her pain and into her true self. The connection they make brings Davey back...
Tiger Eyes marks the first major motion picture adaptation from the work of iconic author, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries.
Davey is a 17 year-old girl abruptly relocated by her grieving mother to the strange “atom bomb” town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. With the sudden and violent death of her father, the displaced Davey no longer knows who to be or how to fit in. Everything that once mattered suddenly seems insignificant. But when she meets Wolf, a mysterious young Native-American, while exploring the surrounding canyons, she feels he is able to see past her pain and into her true self. The connection they make brings Davey back...
- 4/24/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Today's MPAA ratings bulletin includes your latest PG-13 rating for a Marvel movie, this time it's Iron Man 3 with its sci-fi violence and suggestive content as well as the already released Welcome to the Punch. However, there are a couple of other interesting titles, first is Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, which will hit theaters on June 7, but will first serve as the opening night film at the 2013 Seattle International Film Festival on May 16 with Whedon and stars Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion and Clark Gregg expected to attend the red carpet premiere. Finally we have Saving Mr. Banks from The Blind Side director John Lee Hancock starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney, telling the 14-year courtship for the rights to Mary Poppins from author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson). The film is set for a December 20 release, but I wonder, with Captain Phillips coming up as another Hanks starring vehicle,...
- 4/9/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media announced today that they have acquired domestic theatrical and VOD rights to Tiger Eyes, based on Judy Blume’s acclaimed young adult novel of the same name. Tiger Eyes marks the first major motion picture adaptation from Blume’s work, whose books have sold more than 82 million copies in 41 countries.
Co-written by Blume and her son, Lawrence Blume, who also directed, the film stars Willa Holland (“Arrow,” “Gossip Girl”), Tatanka Means (“The Host”), Amy Jo Johnson (“Flashpoint”), Russell Means (“The Last of the Mohicans”), Cynthia Stevenson (“The Player”), and Elise Eberle (“The Astronaut Farmer”). Tiger Eyes was a co-production of Amber Entertainment (Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel) and Tashmoo Productions (George Cooper, Judy Blume, Lawrence Blume) with Linda Moran co-producing, and Ruth Pomerance executive producing.
Freestyle has set June 7th for the day and date release in multiple markets.
Tiger Eyes tells the story of Davey,...
Co-written by Blume and her son, Lawrence Blume, who also directed, the film stars Willa Holland (“Arrow,” “Gossip Girl”), Tatanka Means (“The Host”), Amy Jo Johnson (“Flashpoint”), Russell Means (“The Last of the Mohicans”), Cynthia Stevenson (“The Player”), and Elise Eberle (“The Astronaut Farmer”). Tiger Eyes was a co-production of Amber Entertainment (Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel) and Tashmoo Productions (George Cooper, Judy Blume, Lawrence Blume) with Linda Moran co-producing, and Ruth Pomerance executive producing.
Freestyle has set June 7th for the day and date release in multiple markets.
Tiger Eyes tells the story of Davey,...
- 3/21/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The adaptation of Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes will be distributed domestically by Freestyle Releasing. Lawrence Blume directs, and also adapted the script alongside his mother Judy. Willa Holland, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, Amy Jo Johnson, Cynthia Stevenson and Russell Means star. Variety reports that Freestyle's set a June 7th release for the film. Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel, Lawrence and Judy Blume produce. George Cooper and Jane Fleming serve as executive producers.
- 3/21/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The adaptation of Judy Blume's Tiger Eyes will be distributed domestically by Freestyle Releasing. Lawrence Blume directs, and also adapted the script alongside his mother Judy. Willa Holland, Tatanka Means, Elise Eberle, Amy Jo Johnson, Cynthia Stevenson and Russell Means star. Variety reports that Freestyle's set a June 7th release for the film. Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel, Lawrence and Judy Blume produce. George Cooper and Jane Fleming serve as executive producers.
- 3/21/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Excellent news for Judy Blume fans! EW has exclusively learned that the big-screen adaptation of Blume’s 1981 Ya classic Tiger Eyes has gotten a theatrical and V.O.D. release date of June 7.
This is the first time that any of Blume’s popular books — which in total have sold more than 80 million and been translated into 31 languages — have gotten the feature film treatment. Of course, this production had the advantage of keeping it in the family: Blume co-wrote the script with her son, Lawrence Blume, who also directed the coming-of-age drama. “For years and years people would tell me...
This is the first time that any of Blume’s popular books — which in total have sold more than 80 million and been translated into 31 languages — have gotten the feature film treatment. Of course, this production had the advantage of keeping it in the family: Blume co-wrote the script with her son, Lawrence Blume, who also directed the coming-of-age drama. “For years and years people would tell me...
- 3/11/2013
- by Sara Vilkomerson
- EW - Inside Movies
Breaking: Ruth Pomerance, long a fixture in New York circles for sleuthing out film-worthy books for studios to option, has crossed over to the other side of that game. She’s been appointed by Hyperion editor in chief Elisabeth Dyssegaard to become senior editor, starting January 28. At Disney-owned Hyperion, Pomerance will focus on the acquisition and development of new stories and author talent. She’s not leaving her background behind, though; her focus will be properties that can translate across the Disney/ABC Television Group businesses. Pomerance has 30 years of experience, working for the likes of Scott Rudin, Arnold Kopelson, Fred Zollo, and John Davis. This was back when studios paid big bucks for books, and the competition to get there first was intense. She also pushed authors like Caleb Carr and Adriana Trigiani when they were undiscovered, matching them with their agent Suzanne Gluck, and helped John Grisham find...
- 1/14/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
Breaking: Ruth Pomerance, long a fixture in New York circles for sleuthing out film-worthy books for studios to option, has crossed over to the other side of that game. She’s been appointed by Hyperion editor in chief Elisabeth Dyssegaard to become senior editor, starting January 28. At Disney-owned Hyperion, Pomerance will focus on the acquisition and development of new stories and author talent. She’s not leaving her background behind, though; her focus will be properties that can translate across the Disney/ABC Television Group businesses. Pomerance has 30 years of experience, working for the likes of Scott Rudin, Arnold Kopelson, Fred Zollo, and John Davis. This was back when studios paid big bucks for books, and the competition to get there first was intense. She also pushed authors like Caleb Carr and Adriana Trigiani when they were undiscovered, matching them with their agent Suzanne Gluck, and helped John Grisham find...
- 1/14/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
In the Arrow pilot, Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was none too pleased to see his little sister Thea sneaking into his grown-up party and being ogled by his pal Tommy. Someone should tell him to relax — Willa Holland’s 21 after all. But the doe-eyed beauty has aged very little in character years since she first played Marissa Cooper’s little sister Kaitlin on The O.C. in 2006. Two years later, she was corrupting Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl. In an interview with the New York Daily News, she laughed about the fact that she’s still playing a rebellious high-schooler after all these years.
“I think that at 21, I still look like I’m 17 years old, so I feel like I’m going to be playing teenagers for a while, and that’s a very relatable stage in a teenage life for a female — that kind of rambunctious stage,” she told the paper.
“I think that at 21, I still look like I’m 17 years old, so I feel like I’m going to be playing teenagers for a while, and that’s a very relatable stage in a teenage life for a female — that kind of rambunctious stage,” she told the paper.
- 10/17/2012
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
Beloved author Judy Blume wrote in a blog post Wednesday that she is recovering after undergoing a masectomy for breast cancer that was diagnosed in June. The 74-year-old author, whose books inspired the "Fudge" TV series and the new film "Tiger Eyes," said she was planning to spend five weeks at an artists' colony in Italy, where she hoped to finish her latest novel. But on June 12 she underwent a biopsy that revealed cancer. "The biopsy report came back a few days later while I was with my Gyn in her...
- 9/5/2012
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
This one’s for Martha …
Nothing like a good book to get the rabble-rousers going.
In Field Of Dreams, Ray Kinsella’s wife, played by Amy Madigan, successfully shuts down the effort to ban Terence Mann’s books from the local Iowa school system. Terence Mann – played by James Earl Jones – was based on J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of Catcher In The Rye.
Catcher was published in 1951, and has pretty much stayed on “attempts to ban it” lists since its publication. In fact, it was the most censored book in America from 1961 to 1982, even though, according to Wikipedia, it was the “second most taught book in United States public schools.” It most recently reappeared on the “most challenged books” list, published by American Library Association, in 2009.
These are some of the books I remember being on the curriculum when I was in school, along some that I missed because...
Nothing like a good book to get the rabble-rousers going.
In Field Of Dreams, Ray Kinsella’s wife, played by Amy Madigan, successfully shuts down the effort to ban Terence Mann’s books from the local Iowa school system. Terence Mann – played by James Earl Jones – was based on J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of Catcher In The Rye.
Catcher was published in 1951, and has pretty much stayed on “attempts to ban it” lists since its publication. In fact, it was the most censored book in America from 1961 to 1982, even though, according to Wikipedia, it was the “second most taught book in United States public schools.” It most recently reappeared on the “most challenged books” list, published by American Library Association, in 2009.
These are some of the books I remember being on the curriculum when I was in school, along some that I missed because...
- 4/23/2012
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Being something of a novice when it comes to the topic of Judy Blume‘s body of work — 25 books for children and young adults, almost all of which deal with heady, still-controversial subject matter — I more or less assumed that one thing with her name on it had gone to the big screen by this point. Much to my surprise, then, did I read over at EW that this year’s Tiger Eyes will be the first instance of any of her works getting the big screen translation. (And here I was, ready to add stories of teen menstruation to my Netflix Queue.)
More important than this little factoid, though, is the first image from Tiger Eyes, which can be seen on your right. Co-written with her son, Lawrence, who is also directing, the story follows Davey (Willa Holland), a teenage girl who moves to New Mexico with her mother...
More important than this little factoid, though, is the first image from Tiger Eyes, which can be seen on your right. Co-written with her son, Lawrence, who is also directing, the story follows Davey (Willa Holland), a teenage girl who moves to New Mexico with her mother...
- 2/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
It’s taken over 30 years to get Judy Blume’s classic 1981 novel Tiger Eyes on the big screen. In fact, this is the first time any of her 25 wildly successful books (with sales exceeding 80 million copies) have been turned into a movie. Maybe she was waiting for the right director? Blume co-wrote the screenplay with son Lawrence Blume, who also directs this touching coming-of-age story of a teenager (played by Gossip Girl’s Willa Holland) who is reluctantly uprooted to New Mexico with her mother (Felicity’s Amy Jo Johnson) and younger brother. ”For years and years people would say,...
- 2/24/2012
- by Sara Vilkomerson
- EW - Inside Movies
Newcomer Matthew Daddario is set to replace Nico Tortorella while Elise Eberle ("Tiger Eyes") is also in talks to join Drake Doremus' untitled follow-up to "Like Crazy" for Indian Paintbrush and Super Crispy Entertainment says Variety.
Guy Pearce stars as a high school teacher who's tempted to cheat on his wife (Amy Ryan) with a student (Felciity Jones). Eberle will play the best friend of Pearce and Ryan's daughter (Mackenzie Davis).
Daddario was originally set to play the best friend of the popular jock Aaron (Tortorella), When Tortorella had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the end of filming on Stephen Sommers' "Odd Thomas", Daddario got upgraded to the Aaron role.
Doremus and Ben York Jones co-wrote the semi-improvised film.
Guy Pearce stars as a high school teacher who's tempted to cheat on his wife (Amy Ryan) with a student (Felciity Jones). Eberle will play the best friend of Pearce and Ryan's daughter (Mackenzie Davis).
Daddario was originally set to play the best friend of the popular jock Aaron (Tortorella), When Tortorella had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with the end of filming on Stephen Sommers' "Odd Thomas", Daddario got upgraded to the Aaron role.
Doremus and Ben York Jones co-wrote the semi-improvised film.
- 8/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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